Chapter 8 Don’t check your answers after the test The lady on the couch lazily flipped through the answer sheets sent by Butler Wu. Steward Wu bowed his head and reported, "According to Madam's instructions, all male servants of our Zhao family who are over 16 years old and under 18 years old and who are near Jingzhou City have come. There are 47 people in total." "After Mr. Shen's selection, these five test papers are the ones with the best answers." The person on the bed seemed not to hear anything, only the sound of flipping papers could be heard. After a long time. Dang~ The knocking sound started again. Butler Wu immediately said, "Among them, there is a man named Zheng Fa, who Mr. Shen thinks has the highest talent." The person inside took out Zheng Fa's answer sheet. "I have checked. Zheng Fa only attended elementary school for one year, so he doesn't know many words. Although there are many wrong words on his test paper, he remembered 90% of them, which is more than twice as much as others."
The lady on the bed stood up, put a few test papers aside, and finally spoke: "Do you think Zheng Fa is the best?" Her voice was even clearer and more pleasant than the sound of the golden hairpin hitting the jade ring just now. "I am short-sighted and can only say what I can see." Butler Wu lowered his head and said, "Compared to others, he has his own shortcomings. The others are more knowledgeable, have studied for a few years, and even achieved fame. Zheng Fa can only be said to have a slightly better talent, but he still needs to be polished. He is probably not useful at this time." The figure behind the curtain nodded slightly, as if he thought what he said made sense. But after a while, she suddenly chuckled again: "The one with the neatest handwriting and the most answers besides Zheng Fa, is the one named Gao Yuan? I remember he is the only son of Gao's family from the second branch?" "Madam, please understand!" Butler Wu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "Okay, these three." Madam took out Zheng Fa's answer sheet and the other two and handed them to the maid beside her: "Send them all to Xu Zheng to have a look." "Yes!" Butler Wu took the test paper handed over by the maid, lowered his head and slowly walked out of the small building. Although the warm breeze was blowing outside the building, he felt a chill all over his body. Although the lady didn't take care of much of the affairs, she stayed in bed all day and didn't even bother to say anything extra to others. But she really understood everything in her heart, and one sentence made her tremble with fear - there was some discord between herself and the senior executive of the second house in the past years, and not many people knew about it. Many years later, she spoke for Zheng Fa, and her rejection of the senior executive was due to some unspeakable little thoughts, which she thought were secret. lady…… Butler Wu shook his head, knowing that he was still being sent by the lady to do things, which meant he had not really lost her trust. …… In the water pavilion, the young men gradually began to talk to each other. Being in the Zhao family compound, they did not dare to move around casually, but their youthful nature also made them have little patience to wait. At first, everyone was afraid of Mr. Shen and Butler Wu next door. Later, through the window, they first saw Butler Wu walking outside, and soon they saw Mr. Shen slowly walking away. With no more worries in their hearts, they gathered together and talked about the assessment one after another. Because the test is just about dictation, everyone knows the results of their test.
Even when handing in the papers, you can tell who has a better chance just by looking at them. At this time, half of the people were surrounding a young man wearing a turban. "Brother Gao, I'm afraid the position of the book boy is already in your pocket." Another student bowed with a little reluctance. "That's hard to say." The young man surnamed Gao shook his head quickly, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face: "Brother Chen's talent is not inferior to mine. Are you trying to flatter me, Gao Yuan?" The young man surnamed Chen shook his head and said, "I have been reading Confucian and Legalist books all day long. Taoist books are precious and I have never read them before. I find the Classic of Purity and Tranquility difficult to understand. I am not as good as you in this aspect." Seeing how frank he was, Gao Yuan didn't know how to express his humility. After all, he also felt that he should be the one who gave the best answer among these people. Of course, the other boys also saw his confidence, and when they heard Chen, who was considered the most capable boy among them, say so, they naturally felt that Gao Yuan had the best hope. Zheng Fa watched the group of teenagers from the side. Although they were only about 17 or 18 years old, they were much more mature than their peers in the other world. They surrounded Gao Yuan, flattering him a little awkwardly, and they quickly put aside their mentality of looking at competitors - or rather, they woke up very quickly and put themselves in the right position in a short time. He is very flexible. "After today, let's go to Juxing Tower for a banquet to celebrate for Master Gao!" Some people started calling him Young Master. "Yes, we took the same exam, so it can be considered fate." "Go together, go together!" Huang Yu had originally gathered in the crowd to flatter Gao Yuan, but soon he came out dejectedly and walked to Zheng Fa, looking at Gao Yuan who was talking loudly in the crowd with a bit of envy in his eyes. Zheng Fa turned to look at him with a hint of doubt in his eyes. Huang Yu's face flushed with resentment: "They want to go to Juxing Tower to drink... Gao Yuan doesn't pay, so the others will chip in. I, my family has money... I didn't bring any." Understood. There is a threshold to flattery. Zheng Fa nodded and said very naturally: "Then I can't go either. My family has no money, and I can't bring anything I want." Huang Yu looked at Zheng Fa, then turned to look at the young men who did not take him seriously. Before, he thought Zheng Fa was a bit pretentious. But now, in comparison, he actually felt that Zheng Fa was much cuter, and he unconsciously felt closer to Zheng Fa. "How did you answer?" Huang Yu regretted his words as soon as they came out of his mouth. Zheng Fa shook his head and said nothing. He has always had a rule: don't check the answers after the exam. Well, he regards this as a kind of gambling behavior with little benefit but great harm. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Huang Yu felt that he understood Zheng Fa's thoughts. I studied elementary school for five years, but this time I only wrote less than 10% of it.
Zheng Fa is naturally worse than him. It's normal to be ashamed to mention it. "It's okay, I didn't do well in the exam either!" Huang Yu patted Zheng Fa's shoulder vigorously and encouraged him sincerely: "Although I may be a little better than you, it's only a little bit! But it's useless, you will definitely not be selected!" After saying that, he quietly leaned close to Zheng Fa's ear and whispered, "I've seen it all before. The guy with the surname Gao is just a housekeeper at home and has a little more money. If you have such good conditions, you are no worse than him!" Zheng Fa looked at his sour face, and his mind automatically replaced the "伱" in his last sentence with "我", and then he understood his true meaning. The two were chatting when Zheng Fa suddenly saw a few people sitting upright by the window. He suddenly had a sense of déjà vu that "the teacher is here". Sure enough, Butler Wu was walking towards the water pavilion. On the side, Huang Yu also invited enthusiastically: "Butler Wu is here, we should go home together, how about you come to my house to play today?" Before he could finish his words, Manager Wu strode in. "These three people come with me, the others can leave first." Everyone saw that he was holding three answer sheets in his hand. "plateau." "Han Cheng." Then, he paused for a moment while holding the last answer sheet before speaking: "Zheng Fa." Huang Yu turned around blankly and looked at Zheng Fa beside him. Zheng Fa stood up and responded to his previous invitation. With a trace of sincere apology on his face, he said in an embarrassed tone, "I'm afraid I don't have time today. How about another day?" (End of this chapter)